Rolling

Watch him go!

Grant rolled for the first time (accidentally) a few weeks ago. Over the past week, he has figured out how to do it on purpose and is getting better every day! And of course, this is the first time he did it for the camera :)

5 months old

Grant turned five months old today! It sounds so old for him... so much older than four months, for some reason. I weighed him here at home about a week ago (so I guess it's unofficial) at twenty pounds, meaning we are now in the market for a new car seat very soon! He is happy and healthy and more lovable than ever!

He has successfully rolled from tummy to back and back to tummy (the latter one being on purpose), and has been working so hard at mastering both of them. It is so much fun to watch him grow and learn new things. We are excited to see what kinds of solids he likes in a month! He always looks so interested when he sees me eat.

Here's a picture from today of our smiley baby with our sweetheart toddler (preschooler?). Leah is a great big sister and loves to be goofy to make Grant smile. (Is it just me, or does Grant look almost as big as Leah?)

Here is Grant modeling my latest creative attempt. I made him a hat out of some scraps of fleece. It's a little big... and weird... but it will keep his head warm this winter. And I loved the picture.

And just two more pictures that melt my heart! I figured it's a post about Grant, so I'll fill it up :)

Post #100

Wow, this is my one-hundredth post! Anyway...

Contrary to what I have heard so often, boys are just as much fun to "dress up" as girls :)

And here is our little princess:

And here is what she is up to...

She loves playing Candy Land (and follows the rules somewhat closely, more so with prompting, which makes it fun to play with her):

She loves her little brother and showers him with hugs and kisses!

She loves showing off her sunglasses :)

And I don't really have a good picture to go with this (understandably), but she has been having so much fun pretending lately! She goes to the pretend park, the pretend driving range, eats all kinds of pretend foods, and even once pretend-painted my face. Anything and everything can be pretend. Makes it nice for when we don't have exactly what she wants or don't want to give her something. (Example: Leah says, "Can I have some candy please?" We reply, "Here is some yummy pretend candy!" Leah takes it and pretends to eat it, enjoying it very much. She even asked me to help her open her pretend smarties one time!)

Oh, and hide and seek is a favorite right now, too.